Deterministic SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Removed) models applied to varicella outbreaks

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 679-687

  Giraldo, J Ospina ^a   Palacio, D Hincapié ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLOMBIA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

CHICKENPOX; CHICKENPOX VACCINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ISOLATION;

EID: 41549108513     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009260     Document Type: Article

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